The Rhone & Southern France

The northern Rhone Valley is home to elegant, complex Cote Rotie, muscular long-lived Hermitage and Cornas and less grand but hugely appealing fruit-rich Crozes Hermitage and St Joseph. The south produces Cotes du Rhone, Gigondas and Vacqueyras, while the most famous appellation is Chateauneuf du Pape.